In Greek mythology, Alcyone (or dubiously Halcyone) (/ælˈsaɪəˌni, hælˈsaɪəˌni/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyónē) and Ceyx (/ˈsiːɪks/; Κήϋξ, Kḗÿx)...

is a variation on the more known myth of the kingfisher, starring Alcyone and Ceyx. Alkyóne comes from alkyón (ἀλκυών), which refers to a sea-bird with...

libretto, by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, is based on the Greek myth of Alcyone and Ceyx as recounted by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. The opera was first performed...

mythological figures Alcyone and Ceyx and Alcyone, often used to denote a past period that is being remembered for being happy and/or successful. It may...

the sea god, destroys Ceyx's ship and the king dies. Alcyone awaits him on shore. Prompted by Aphrodite, Alcyone has a dream of Ceyx, who tells her to go...

Lacépède in 1799, and derives its name from the Greek myth of Alcyone and Ceyx. The type species is the black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca). A molecular...

were created from a marriage of Alcyone and Ceyx. As gods, they lived the sacrilege of referring to themselves as Zeus and Hera. They died for this, but...

occurs in Ovid's Metamorphoses, where Ovid tells of the story of Ceyx and his wife Alcyone who were transformed into birds. In Ovid's account, Juno, (via...

Polytechnus became a woodpecker. mythology portal ancient Greece portal Alcyone and Ceyx Haemus Rhodope Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology:...

Ceyx instructs Alcyone to bury him and to cease her sorrow, and when Alcyone opens her eyes Ceyx has gone. The poet stops relaying the story of Ceyx and...